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Category: Azerbaijan

Day 18 done. It was cold and windy when we set off but I had good company . 88 miles done. 14 runs left to go. Day 19 – The sun was shining!! Woohoo! Headphones on and out on the street to run. I do like to run outside when its bright. Day 20 – too…… Continue reading Days 18, 19, 20 and Purple hair.

Day 15 done!!! I love my new treadmill, well I love that I’m not running in the freezing cold. Back outside tomorrow though. Well hopefully…. I got a message from Mind this morning. £322,000 raised in 15 days! 16 days left to go. I’ve had some wobbly days over the last couple of weeks. Days where if…… Continue reading Day 15. I love my treadmill

Day 11 out in the dark. I ran with a friend which was good because I really felt like giving up at 2 km. My foot was sore. It was windy. It was cold. All excuses. My friend kept me going for another 5km so I get to tick 7km off my total rather than…… Continue reading Day 11 & 12 and some photography….

Another crap day. Grey and cold. I can feel myself becoming more depressed. I really do think my general happiness is linked to sun, I was never happier than when we lived in Dubai. The UAE is the only country that I have ever lived in where I didn’t take medication. I miss it. A…… Continue reading Its raining, its pouring….

I swear I am still cold from this morning. It is freezing, raining and miserable in Baku today. Not the best weather for running but we did it anyway. It was awful. Freezing and wet but we got it done and actually managed more than we have previously, probably because we were hoping to just…… Continue reading Not the weather for running

Parts of Baku are very pretty, the Old City (İçərişəhər in Azerbaijani) being one of the nicest in my opinion. I think it’s because its old school Baku in the middle of a fast changing, on its way to being throughly modern city. The contrast between İçərişəhər and the city out side of its walls is extreme in…… Continue reading Photography walk in the old city

It is freezing here in Baku. A lot of snow came down over night with more forecast during the week. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, I really hate snow. It did get out and practise what we learned in photography class last week though. Then I got cold so I went in and took photos of…… Continue reading Rolling rolling rolling along.